On Feb 6, 2008 11:38 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, for example, I have two boxes where I'm using IDE (the third box > is my Athlon with SATA drives). One won't boot (pass POST) if the drive > is over 1.1 GB, the other won't boot (pass POST) if the drive is over 9 > GB. >
I'm pretty sure the IBM dual Pentium Pro 200Mhz that I tossed away (2 of them!) could take hard drives bigger than 2G, and I want to say, bigger than 10G, so it really depends. Also, even on those that won't boot past 500MB, you might be able to get by with partitioning it properly (/ on first 500MB partition, etc). > Since future expansion is important, I'd rather have a multi-bay than a > single-bay. If I'm getting it used off eBay, the cost will be similar; > the shipping will cost me. > Heh. I tossed a compaq scsi array too, last year, when I moved. -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1G-3laJJP0&feature=related
